Nonstop flight route between Sangafa, Emae, Shéfa, Vanuatu and Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Siwo Airport (EAE), Sangafa, Emae, Shéfa, Vanuatu and Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB), Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,572 miles (or 5,749 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Siwo Airport and Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Siwo Airport and Mactan-Cebu International Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Siwo Airport (EAE):

• The furthest airport from Siwo Airport (EAE) is Kiffa Airport (KFA), which is nearly antipodal to Siwo Airport (meaning Siwo Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Kiffa Airport), and is located 12,398 miles (19,953 kilometers) away in Kiffa, Mauritania.
• The closest airport to Siwo Airport (EAE) is Tongoa Airport (TGH), which is located only 19 miles (31 kilometers) NE of EAE.
• Because of Siwo Airport's relatively low elevation of 7 feet, planes can take off or land at Siwo Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.

Facts about Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB):

• The closest airport to Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) is Tagbilaran Airport (TAG), which is located 46 miles (74 kilometers) S of CEB.
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport handled 6,050,564 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) is Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport (AFL), which is nearly antipodal to Mactan-Cebu International Airport (meaning Mactan-Cebu International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Piloto Osvaldo Marques Dias Airport), and is located 12,405 miles (19,964 kilometers) away in Alta Floresta, Brazil.
• On August 20, 2008, the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority announced that about 300 million Philippine pesos will be spent for the terminal expansion program to address the increasing volume of passenger traffic.
• Ramzi Yousef was on board Flight 434 from Manila when he planted the bomb beneath a vacant seat.
• The runway was built by the United States Air Force in 1956 as an emergency airport for Strategic Air Command bombers and it was known as the Mactan Air Base.
• Because of Mactan-Cebu International Airport's relatively low elevation of 75 feet, planes can take off or land at Mactan-Cebu International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The existing terminal houses both domestic and international operations and has an annual capacity of 4.5 million passengers.
• In the mid-1960s, the civilian airport was opened, to replace the Lahug Airport, which could no longer be expanded due to safety and physical problems.
• Mactan-Cebu International Airport (CEB) currently has only 1 runway.
• In addition to being known as "Mactan-Cebu International Airport", another name for CEB is "Tugpahanang Pangkalibutan sa Mactan-SugboPaliparang Pandaigdig ng Mactan-Cebu".